The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-04-19
Concerning the PhGaix Park MUIR.
ders, Which shows Phat He
Was in sympathy
With TIE AMERICAN FENIANS
AND THE ASSASSINS.
The "Times'' Publishes What II
Asserts to Be Fac Simile Of
the Letter.
MR.. PARNELL PROVES THAT 1T
Is A FORGERY
And q Base Piece OF Libel Tramped
Up to lDjure the Cause Of
Ireland.

| LONDON, April lo.-h UVe ilue WHY
published today urges the Conserva
lives to attend the meeting of the
House OF Commons tonight so as Ia
be on hand to vote for the second
reading of the Irish crimes act amend
ment bill. Members began to troop
into the House at an unusually early
hour today, in order 10 secure seats,
the belief being that another scene
simil n to that Of Friday night will oc-
cur during the evenings session.
The alleged letter Of Mr.. Parnell,
supposed to have been addressed to
Mr.. Egan, relative to the Phoenix Park
murders, which the Times publishes
this morning, has caused immense ex.
element among all parties. In an in.
terview today Mr. O ancy (Parnellite1,
member for Dublin county, branded
the letter as an infamous concoction,
and declared that it bears internal evil
dence of forgery. He said, also, that
suspicion was already directed against
a certain person as the forger.
An Irish member of Parliment de.
parted for Dublin this morning to
compare the handwriting in the letter
sttribu ed to Mr.. Parnell with that OF
the pers IN suspected.
The Globe, commenting on the let
ter, says: "Until the horrible accusa-
ton that Mr.. Parnell wrote the letter
IS proved we shall discredit it,"
The Pail Mall Gazette says: "Until
the a1thent city of the letter shall be
absolutely proved, there will be no
need TO discuss its contents"
The st. James Gazette says: "Tne
letter is 30 grave document that 1t
will not do to regard it as genuine
until Mr.. Parnell shall bs heard from
concerning it,"
The Parnellites all declare the letter
an infamous concoCtion and deliber-
ate invention to publicly slander The
leader OF the Home Rule party. They
say that even on the low ground
of expediency Mr.. Parnell would
be the lat man in the world
10 write letter containing such
damning admissions. They contend,
therefore, that all the reason in the
case proves the letter to be foresry
on the face OF i, pointing for proof
to the contoLts uf The document, s5-
pscially to the W tiers warniog the
person to wnom th9 letter purported
TO be written not to disclose the ad-
dress, while no address ia given. The
f4ct that the signature is the only part
of the letter in Mr.. Parnell's writing
is, by itself, the Home Rulers argue,
a proof that the whole thing is fraud,
as, according to them, while 1t would
be difficult to obtain enough speci.
mems of Mr.. Psrnelps haGdsriting
to enable a forger to initiate it to the
extent necessary to successfully palm
off a whole letter as his, it is not at al!
difficult to obtain his si mature. M.
Psrnell, the agent of the Associated
Press is authorized to state, will cate
goiically deny that he wrote the letter.
NJ. ParneIl will make his denial in
he House of Commons. The editor
OF the TimtS will be summoned to the
bar of the House of Commons to ex-
plain the authorship of the letter.
THE LETTER PROVED TO BE A FORGERY
LONDON, April lS-In an interview
today Parnell pointed out that al
though at frat sight some of tle let.
ters in the TImes'S fac simile appeared
to resemble his autograph, close com
parison shows q decided and striking
difference in many important points.
The forgeries slope inward, the senu'
inc hand writing down. Parnell a..
ways places fullpoint after the initial
SIS" in his name, which the forgery
omits. The "r" in "Parnell" and 20"
in "Charles" are quite different from
anything he has ever written.
The letters "Ch" in "Chas." alb
no, m lily long, and "S" and "P" are
the only letters in any way resembling
his genuine autograph. The pen, at
the beginning Of "a" in forged
"Chas.. ;" was evidently taken of the
paper, whereas in the genuine sigma
ture it is always written without
break. The forgery, Parnell says, is
the work of D. person accustomed to
penmsnship, and writing always in
crsmped style. Parnell further said
that from the letter and sigI ature OF
the impudent forgeries he strongly
suspected the identity of the forger5.
He was undecided whether to prose-
cute the Times or not.